Community theatre presents comedy for second weekend and other events

Greater Shelby Community Theatre presents “I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change,” for the second weekend. Performances are at 7:30 Friday and Saturday and at 2:30 p.m. Sunday.

Performances are in the Keeter Auditorium, Cleveland Community College, South Post Road, Shelby.

Rebecca Reger directs the production, which is for mature and adult audiences.

Tickets are $12 for adults, $10 for seniors and students. Discount presale tickets are available at Arnold’s Jewelers, Badcock & More, the Cleveland County Arts Council, Max Hamrick Insurance and Neal Senior Center. Tickets may also be purchased at www.gsct.org. Go to the “I Love You” page and scroll down to the bottom to purchase. For more information, call 704 -480-8495.

ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS AND THE PEANUTS GANG COMING TO LIBRARY

The Saturday Morning Matinee for February, “A Chipmunk Valentine,” will be shown at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the Cleveland County Memorial Library, 104 Howie Drive, Shelby. The movie features the Valentine’s Day mischief of Alvin and the Chipmunks.

To register call the library at 704-487-9069 or visit the front desk. The events are free and open to the public.

BEGINNING SHAG LESSONS OFFERED AT CITY PARK

Shag lessons begin Tuesday at Shelby City Park Girl Scout Hut. No partner is needed for these six one-hour sessions.

Registration is at 5:30 with the class starting at 6 p.m.

Instructors are Sam and Regina Lail .

For more information, call the Lails at 704-482-6376.

THE MAGICAL REALITY PAINTINGS OF LORENE LOVELL

The Cleveland County Arts Council presents a new exhibition featuring the work of Lorene Lovell at the Charles Harry Jr. County Administration Building, 311 E. Marion St., Shelby through March 29.

Lovell’s paintings capture the essence of nature, in beaches and mountain landscapes, rural scenes, majestic trees, garden and wildflowers and often birds. They are portrayed in a straight forward manner that evokes our sensitivities to nature as she shares her emotions and experiences through her art.

Lovell began to paint seriously in 1986, 23 years after her formal training during college. During those intervening years she raised two daughters and owned and operated an art Gallery/Bookstore in Montana where she grew up. After living 26 years in Colorado, she resides in Belmont. Lovell works out of her studio in Gastonia with other artists in a shared building called “Arts on Main.”

Lovell has developed a technique using table salt and diluted dish soap, which often creates the ethereal feeling in her “magical reality” paintings. Her work is also exhibited in many corporate and private collections as well as galleries in North and South Carolina, Montana and Colorado.

Page 2 of 2 - The Arts Council administers the artwork exhibited in the County Administration Building which is open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday.

ARTISTS INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN MYSTERY SHOW

The Cleveland County Arts Council is seeking artwork for its Mystery Art show, April 25-May 1.

The deadline to enter is Feb. 14. Artists are provided with a 5- by 7-inch archival quality canvas to create a painting, collage, drawing, mixed media, clay, textile or any media that will adhere to the canvas and be hung.

Artists do not sign the front of the work; instead, sign the back. The work should also not be framed. These anonymous works of art will be on display and sold at the Mystery Art event. All artists’ identities will remain concealed until the work is sold. Artists can create and donate more than one mini masterpiece (up to 2).

On April 25 – May 1, art lovers purchase the work(s) they want for $40 each. Then, on May 2 through May 6 artwork will be sold for $30, and on May 7 through May 9, artwork is further reduced to $20.

The Sankofa African American Museum on Wheels is coming to Cleveland Community College from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Feb. 25 and from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Feb. 26.

The exhibit features up to 30 tables of historical artifacts, pictures, writings and other items that tell the story of African American heritage.

Sankofa is considered one of the foremost collections of African American history readily available and is appropriate for all ages and races.

Spanning a period from 1860 to the present, “ Sankofa ” takes audiences on a journey through slavery, the era of King Cotton and days of emancipation. It also tells stories of Ida B. Wells, Tuskegee Airmen, Dr. King and the President Barrack Obama.

In 1995, “ Sankofa ” creator, Angela Jennings, saw the need to teach young African Americans about their heritage. She has since spent much of her time travelling throughout the United States, the US Virgin Islands, West Africa, and Europe to amass a collection of art, collectibles and memorabilia.

“The Ghanian term, ‘ Sankofa,’ tells us to use the wisdom of the past to build the future,” says Jennings.

This event will be held in the Student Activities Center on the CCC campus and is free and open to the public. For more information, call LeeAnn Lawson at 704-669-4034 or lawsonl@clevelandcc.edu or visit clevelandcc.edu.

Send entertainment news and announcements to reporter Jackie Bridges at jbridges@shelbystar.com. You can reach her at 704-669-3337.